Small Stories as Determinant for Community Design

Creator

Lee, Yoohyun, Jen

Title

Subject

Design doctorates – Design -- Exhibitions

Graduate students

Date Created

2020-09-17

Relation

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020: Profile Cards

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2020PHDD03P001

ASSD2020PHDD03P002

ASSD2020PHDD03P003

ASSD2020PHDD03P004

Is Part Of

Doctor of Philosophy

Description

I am interested in how community-specific narratives ad art practices whose aim is to serve communities can be better aligned for bottom-up community organisation. In order to understand the social mechanism of narratives and art practices specific to communities, the idea of “small stores” becomes crucial. Small stories are small talks happening in fleeting moments, which are nor freestanding, nor can be seen asa self-contained unit of narrative. However, they are heavily relevant to the immediate surroundings. It is in these particular characteristics and frames of all stories that I search ways for narratives and art practices to facilitate more effective and authentic social impact, and ultimately re-structuring of communities. As the unforeseen pandemic disturbs the livelihood and forces us to change our boundaries, the idea of community is reassessed. What sort of community do we want to live in? how can the new ways of organising community be practiced?

Collection

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020